New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-20
THE WEEK IN soCIET,
A LITTLE GAYErY AT MID. LENT.


NERs AND THEATRE PARTIES.
Md-Lent with its brief respite from austcri.y and
accidental is past and In three short weels Easter
will be hsre The last six days have been somewhs,
gayer han the week preceding and on Thursdav
society was positively pusv. Sewing classes aud
enioyed at dinners and theatres the days relaxa
ton given to them during the forty days fast
On the other days the various pastimes and employ
ents which society has devised to Occupy the Lepteo
season were all faithfully carried oat. This wear
there has certainly been increase In athletic amuse
nents Bowling. tennis, riding aud badminton hayo
all claimed attention from admirers OF both The
Tuesday afternoon meeting OF tine knickeroocker
Bowling Club brought together large and bright
compan, OF young people. Miss Parish, Miss CHS
holm aud Miss McKlm added TO their already ins
scores and assure themselves OF being among tina
prize winners at the distribution which will take
place on April ~. OF the 200 members of the
KnIokerbocker Just onehalf are OF the lair and
many of them tar excel the men in their skill AZ
making ten strikes" Among the patronesses and
other members 10 be found at the alleys Tuesday
afternoons are Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, Mrs. Henry
Parish IT, Mrs. C. o. ID. Iselin, Miss Ogden Miss
lack .on Miss Sch,efelin Miss Galatin and Miss Vaa
Rensselaer,
Mrs. John H. Draper has gotten together this
season her young riding friends ana Wednesday
evenings the Central Park Riding Academy is giyca
over 90 the feats of gallant horsemen and dstin,
young h,rsewomen. Miss Edith and Miss Amy
Draper are among the more accomplished euuestri-
ennes and practising with them last wednesday wers
Miss Pomeroy, Miss Barclay, Mrs /. Person. Ray
mond Ward. Walter Kingsland aud II. A. Hollisier.
The class has supped after each meeting at the homo
OF one OF the nuinber.
The Badminton Club meets on Saturdays and this
sport finds many followers. The eight courts marked
out on the floor of the list Regiment armory kept
bus, for several hours OF each meeting and crowd
OF spectators on all sides OF the room watch the
spirited movements of the players. The club Is IN It's
eighth year and numbers over one hundred members
Among them are Mrs. Frederic Galiatn' Mrs. Ws Male.
house, Miss Crosby, and Messrs. Wainwright LIE Roy,
Oothout and Rowland.
There are other riding bowling aud tennis clubs
which meet weekly and which seem to grow in popu.
larity as the days lengthen The hunting clubs about
Nsw-York are waking up from their winters sleep
The Meadow Brook members met on Monday Tor
short run and again yesterday the hounds followed
trail for e,eral bours through the country
around Hampstead The same club will meet again
tomorrow at Garden City. The foekaway Hunters
the ground fair condition. Frederick .. Beach, I.
ID. Morgan James Waterbury ana other enthusiastic
huntsmen will be missed from the meets owing to
absence from the city.
The week has seen some handsome dinner parties
notabl, those OF Thursday. On that evening Mr. AID
Mrs. William Rhineander Entertained at their hDms
q company of twenty guests in honor OF Miss ANY
Gallatin. who is shortly to be married to Rowland
Peli Besides the prospective bride and bridegroom
the guests included the brides parents Mr. and M.
Frede.ick Galiatin, the best +. man and ' tx
will be witnessed By q numerous and fashionable
at dience at ST. Thomass on Easter tuesday, 1is
Gallatin pretty white dress ana the table WA
decorated with white roses and lilies OF the valley.
Other dinners those Of Mr.. and Mrs D. fierpont
Morgan given IN honor OF Professor and Mrs LaneanL
OF Sir. and Mas. John H. Watson OF No. gu Fifth
ave. on Monday evening, and OF Mr.. ard Mrs. Henry
T. Sloane of West Fifty -fourth-st in honor OF MI.
and Mrs. Edmund Baylies
The sewing and literary clubs have not been idle
during the week. Miss Van Auken's L. l.. v met On
Monday. and Mas Leary's net at her home, No 90
Fitthave on Thursday. On Wednesday the Junior
Fortnightly discussed {" Has Man or Woman the
Greater Sense OF Honor. and lett the subject IN mach
the same condition as when II aIproacdhea H. Tag rag
Mrs Frederic Rhnelander Jones at their home In Eass
Eleyenth-st. There music By tine Mandolin Qgio-
ter and the guests included Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt Professor and Mrs. C. f. Chandler. NJ
and Mrs. George ;. Bowdon, Mr.. and Mrs. Walker
Breese Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. j; Coleman Drayton Dr..
and Mrs Stuyyesant Fish the Misses Van Auken, Miss
winthrop Miss Bowdoin. Mr.. and Mrs. Orme Wilson
and Mr.. and Mrs Robert Goelet
There was a number OF pretty luncheons. musiea'es
and smaller entertainments enliven the week. Ths
Hewits gave q musicale yesterday, and Mrs. Nessor
similar entertainment on Thursday evening AZ her
home No West Thirty -third-st., as did Mrs Henry
Is.
Wednesday.
Circus parties are also In favor and Tor almost every
night OF the coming week boxes have been engaged
for parties numbering from twelve TO thirty. Tho
exhibition OF the Stewart art treasures both ut tho
marble house Fiith-ave. and at the association gat
leries continues TO draw fashionable crowds The s4es
this week are sure be attended BY many weuKnowa
people and pri' ate collectors.
The first of the Lent engagements was an nouneed
early In the week The couple are Miss Lucy Work,
daughter OF Frank Work. and p Cooper Hewitt son
of Mayor Hewitt and grandson Of the late Peer
Cooper after whom he was named. Miss Nofk Is the
sister OF the beautiful Mrs. Burke Roche, who has
made her home in Enga since Ler marriage several
years ago The wedding is expected to take place III
thia city early In June.
One OF the announcements OF the week is that MISS
May Brady. daughter OF Judge Brady, is shortly to
start tor England where she will spend season IN
London under tho charge Of Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock,
OF this city.
The annual fair in aid of the Skin and Cancer Hos
pta will be given this year under cover at the Metro
politan Opera House. The park at Thirty-tourth-st
and Lexington could not be obtained Tor the iesti-
val which proved so popular last year. The managers
led by Mrs. Arthur VI. Dodge and Mrs. Danlei l.
Worden are organizing and curious form OF iair
tor tho charity aud 1t Is 10 occupy the Opera Hou1o
tor two afternoons aud evenings In April.